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SHADY SIDE OF TWENTY-FIVE I am not on? of tho*e persons who m ike a butt of old maids; on the contrary, I know more estimable women belonging to their class tkrm I do ont of it. Nevertheless, I cannot help scolding a Tittle at young ladies on the shady si le of twentyfive, who have not been able to find husbands, and nil from their own fault, vlnd how so? Why, just this way. Thrv spend days, weeks, months?y<-a?years, in total intellectual idleness. 7*hey nev- j; er think there is anything for them to do | except was and mend their clothes, clean \ the house and look out of the parlor window. They have tried again and again j to get a beau, and when they have got '' some likely young gentleman, th^y have lost him just as they have becone acquainted with one another, and lor no other reason than that said young gentle- ' man has found out that ltss lady has no ideas in her head except other people's ideas, and these of the poorest assortment. | She has no opinions about things, and , likes and dislikes according to the freak of the moment. Now sne is all fun? j now as cross and crabbed as the wife of If. ~1 L. t Tl 4 jiwi&ujuo. ne cannot understand her humors. She is afraid to expose her ignorance, and endeavors to conceal it from his searching glance, She cannot do it, try ever so hard. In his walks, in his visits to exhibitions, in her deportment at home, lie sees that she is suffering from a mental torpor, and whnt is worse, that she is making no effort to throw it off. She never thinks that a man wants a companion in a wife?aot a ] block?not a doll. He reads, studies, j observes; she don't take the hint. She 1 never thinks of cither reading, study or observation. She knows there was an American Revolution some time ago? | wfirn, she does not know, nor whether it happened in this country or some other. 8he is aware that there ?s such a city as Tx>ndon and such a place as California, but whether they are in ylsia, vJfrica or the East Indies, she does not know and never thinks of inquiring. She has h^a rd of the name of Bonaparte?possibly of that of Washington--but does not know i whether the former was a Frenchman, li. I!? /JT?1- . - intuitu or j. ur?, nor wncthcr the latter was President of these United States or not. She reads only the love stories in the papers, perhaps tke gossip and scan^..1 nah i,?.. . ./WW ?-? * HV.I 11 ouu oa*Y lliu IIIKJrC.Sl* ing scientific discovery?tlie narrative of high daring and noble enterprise?the memoir of a /Toward, a Fry, a Dix?Oh, no! she did not see these. 80 yon see, Mr. Editor, the young lady won't do for the young gentleman. Now she does not think of improving her opportunities, so as to be ready for another suit--not she. Thinking has never formed part of her intellectual action, and no doubt, Mr. Editor, there is intellectual action without thought. The next beau soon finds her out. Off he goes. ,9he sits down and mopes, and never thinks it is all her own fault. IIow can she, indeed? The noor creature never thought at all?she went by her feelings. " Now, young ladies, take my advice.? Improve your leisure moments. Head the history of your own country at lciist. Study arithmetic enough to be able to help the little "responsibilities" that will come, in their lessons. Loarn something of the duty which is incumbent on all prospective mothers?to teach and bring up their little ones in the way they should go?not the way you went. Don I delegate to others the duty of teaching the first lessons, the first prayers, the first ideas, which the little ones should tret from you. Remember, too, that you arc a member of society, and that if you arc not of some use in it, if you cannot by vour example help in any, the smallest degree, to improve that society, that you arc no better than a rotten limb on a huge tree. You had better not be, than be. COTTON?THE PECULIARITY OF TIIE PLANT. */.. it \r i li= ' in. iwj . uiiunum iu|ju lion |) II f >1 IHIH'f 1 a sketch of the cotton crop of the United States, describing the peculiarity of the plant and the regions of tho country in which i he several varieties are produced. IIo says: "The upland cotton region in tho United States may be said to lie between the HO dfg. and J15 deg. of North latitude, extending in length, from cast to west, from southern Virginia to the Rio Grande. It first and most striking clmr..Eristic within t.hoM- b^nnd- is, that it i^ an unu soul growth, and bears an annual crop, like the wheat or corn. Thore is the regular season of growth, flower, fruit, (if I mav use this expression,) and decay. It is supplied with regular rnins, and its growth indue time, is arrested by frost. The sap of the plant, instead of being mployed in the formation of leaf and woody fibre, is expended in the produc tion of its pode and seeds. Instead of aspiring to the character of a tree, the whole cotton field presents a most uniform appearance, tho plant seldom exceeding six feet in height, with numerous lateral branches. The crop is also uniform in appearance and staple, and is nearly all ready to be gathered about tho same period. It is, besides, a beautiful plant, the cotton field in blossom is highly ornamental, and the snow-white appearance, when the bolls are ojKDed, is, if possible, still more ro." The med:~ni >iz* of the plnnt. makes it /ilA fi.r llin ctrnn/rlli ic lid. .IWIVOUUIHJ..Ul,.,.V. not exhausted in the wood, while the uniformity of the staple makes it admirably calculated for all fine manufactures. Mr. B. says. "To show how much the fruit is influenced bv climatcsand locality, I may cite the well known fact, thnt tlie upland cotIon seed when cariied to the sea-cost, and to the south of latitude 20 deg. changes in two year's time to th? black seed, and lon^ staple; and so vice rerun." South of latitude 30 deg. there is a constant elTort of nature to make wood at the expense of fruit, and the plants berome perennial, sometimes a tree its staple decreasing so as to be fitted for only the more delicate textures. "r or tins reason, the American L piano cotton ntfA fear no rival, within the topics, cither in the Wast Indie?, the Braziles or India. It is true that Egypt lies norlth of 30 deg., but that part of Africa being on tin* western side oi that hemisphere, the climate corresponds with 20 deg. on the eastern side. It seems now to be ad milted, that from the peculiarity of climate and position, there is no country on tlio ulobo that can rival, or hupersede, the United States in this valuable product on, unless it be the British possessions in Australia, and the distance is too tfreat, if the same article could be pro1 1 a a . ..A 1. il. . T' uuceu, uj iranspori it 10 me European market in prefcrcncc to other articles produced in those countries. It seems to he the peculiar grft of Providence to this favored hind." At one time it was thought, there '-as danger of over production; there Is hov? ever, more danger in a deficiency of supply. Mr. 13. continues: "As to the increase of production, it cannot be as rapid as heretofore; tlse easily cultivated uplands of the cotton Suites having been pretty generally occupied, and a large portion of them worn out. But there are still large bodies of low land west of tl?e Mississippi, lied River, itc., capable of beint: brought into cultivation. Cotton, at twolve ccnts, Ls;i better crop, than sugar at six, and consequently, the rise in price will tend tc check the establishment of sugar plantations. Nothing can surpass the comfort* and advantages of a well regulated cotton plantation in Gcotgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The labor is light, healthy, and docs not occupy the time so entirely Jia to prevent the planter from raising an abundance of provisions for the sustenance of his people, and even for providing them clothing. The planter mostly lives in the midst of his people, and sees to all tbcit wants: and. whatever mav he laid 01 ' ' J thought by those who are not personally acquainted with their situation, they ari a hiippy and contented race, with strong, rnutuai attachment between them and the master's family." WILD CAT, THE SEMINOLE CHIEF. We learn from a gentleman who haj been among the Seniinoles for several weeks, that Wild Cat, and a few followers, have left the Seminole countiy, and arc now it is supposed, between the Brazos und Colorado rivers, on il.eir way tc the Mexican territory. Previous to his leaving, he held talks with several of the Indian tribes, and had produced some ex citement among them by his tales, lie (old them that the United States intended 10 remove all the Indians, in three years, to a country where there was but little wood and a very great scarcity of water; that it would be measured to ihem, the chiefs getting about a quart a day, and the others in smaller quantities in proportion to the rank and station of the individual?women and children only n 1>int, The chiefs of the several tribes mew this, but were afraid to say tiling about it, and his unpopularity among his own people and the Creeks arose from the fact that the chiefs haled him becausc they knew that he intended to tell the people. lie, however, did not intend Ic live upon the land the United States had appropriated for the Indians, but was going to obtain from the Mexicans, lor himself and followers, a district of country which he described in the most glowing and favorable terms. All those who would remove with hiin should have the privilege of living there, but if the remained behind, they should never be permitted to come into the country, but might die upon the land to which the United States intended removing nil the Indians. lie is to return in the spring, and bring with him a large paper from the Mexican government, granting him the country for himself and all those who might remove with hint. It appears from statements made hy the Indians themselves, that he has succeeded in imposing jn many of the Indians the truth of his statements, and that a large numk/ii* /-?C I Itnm mfniwl I'/itMAtrSni# n til* 1>!?m !>* ui/i yjt vijuiii minimi ? > *> *vii lllill ill the spring. Wild Cat, having lost his popularity among the Seminoles and Creeks, appear determined to make nn effort to remove to a distant country, and entice away as many Indians as possible, and settle down \vh#fjho will not have to contend with rival oiiicfs. He is a cunning, ambitious man, and is not willing to he less than the head of the tribo, Humorous Jcxitft of making [ f++la f/n (he first of Apifl.?Tins is said j to have beoa b*gnn from the mistake ?/ Noah sending the dove out of the ark before the water had abated, on the fii-st day of the month r.nwng the Ilebnrws. which answers to our first of April, and to perpetuate the memory of this deliv- j erance, it was thought proper, whoever Jorgot so remarkable a circumstance, to putw?h them by sending them upon some sleeveless errand similar to that ineffectual message upon which the bird was sent by the patriarch. "Tht subsequent, too, has been cut out of some newspaper. "No antiquary has ever tried to explain the custom of | making April fools It cannot be connected with the 'feast of the ass,' for that was on the 12th day; nor with the ceremony oi tlie 'lord of misrule' in England, nor of the 'abbot of unreason,' for these . frolics were held at Christmas. The writer recolle.ts that ho lias met with a conjecture somewhere, that April-day is celebrated as a part of the festivity of New Year's day. That day used to be kept on the 25th day of March. All antiquarians know that an octave, or 8 days usually completed the festivities of our forefathers. Jf so, April day, making the j octave's close, may be supposed to be em ployed in fool-making, all other sports having been exhausted in the foregoing se\en days. Donee says, 'I am con-j vinced that the ancient ceremony of the | feast of fools has no connexion whatever I with the custom of making fools on the j first of April. The making of April . fools, after all conjectures that have been niciuu ujucijiiil; iu> uri^iii, is ccruiiiiiv borrowed by us from the French, and may, I think, be deduced from this simple ai.alogy: The French call them A pi il fish, i. e. simpletons; or, in other words, silly mackerel, uho suffer themselves to be caught this month. Hut, as with us, April i.? not the season for that fish, we have substituted the word 'fool.' The first Poetry Written in America. ?A Correspondent of the 13angor Whig i thus claims for a popular nursery rhyme i the honor of being the first poetic effusion ever produced on American soil: i The first poetic effusion ever produced on American soil, originated in a circum\ stance which was handsomely explained i by one of the full bloods of the Jibawa, or as wo call them Chippewas. All those who have witnessed the perforroani ccs of the Indians of the Far West, recently in our city, must recollect the cradle and the mode in which the Indians i biing up their children. Soon after our : forefathers landed at Plymouth, some of the young people went out into a field where Indian women were picking straw bfrrics, and observed several cradles ; hung upon the boughs of trees, with the , infants fastened upon them-?a novel and. ; curious sight to any European. A gentle breeze sprung up, which waved the cradles to and fro. A young man, one of the party, peeled off a piece of birch bark, and upon the spot wrote the fol* lowing, which has been repeated thoul sands of times by thousands, of American matrons, very fow of whom ever [ knew or cared for its origin. Lul-a-by baby upon the tree top, "When the wind blows, the cradle will rock, When the bough broaks the cradle will fall, 1 And down coino lul-a-by baby and nil. : The above facts were taken some years ago from the archives of the ancient his: torical society in Doston. Drcadftt1 accideni at Naples.?A : dreadful explosion and fire occurred at Naples, on the Oth instant, which threat1 ened extensive destruction. The cellars of the Darsons, or closed portc, extend from the water's edge to a considerable under the principal buildings of the city, ' including the magnificent palaccs of the ' princes of Salerno and Capua, and the King's palace. In these cellars were ' warehoused .000 nanism nf p.nnl 1 nnd on the morning of the 2d an explosion of fire damp took place underneath the palaces of the Princes of Salerno and Capua, which threw down large portion* of tho walls, and it was w?lh great difticul ' ty that the inhabitants escaped. It was ascertained that the coal had ignited, there was every reason to fear that the King's palace and tho church of St. Fran 1 cesca do Paula would be destroyed. Buried for tioo thousand years.?Lord Lindsay, in his travels, write? that while ' wandering amid the pyramids of Egypt, Ka r? #?* *v-* V?1 A/1 An n -1 I -I ?> obiiiuuitu una iiiuiiiiiiy |)invuu oy us hieroglinhics to be ut least two thousand years of age. In examining the mummy, after it was unwrapped, ho found in one of its closed a tuberous or bulbous root, lie was interested in the uuestion how long vegetable life could last, and he, therefore, took that tubcrons root from tho mammy's hand, planted it in a sunny soil, allowed tho rains and dews of heaven descend upon it, ond in the course of a few woeks, to his astonishment and joy, the roots bnrt forth and bloomed into a beautiful dahlia. Mm. Johnson, residing in the lower {>ait of Davics county, ky., a year ngo ast February, presented her huftban with three fine sons, nnd a lew days since, two other sons?making in all, five in about eleven month. t * Later from tiir Kio fhiASim.?The slofmor Globe, Captain Boehror, arrived vesterday, from Bras >s San Jago, which place she left on the 24th inst. We learn from Captain JJoehner, that there was a heavy norther on the Brasos on the 22nd l inst., which caused an overflow of tire whole island, mth the exception of tl?e sand hills-, and continned for forty-eijjht hours. During the gale, the schooner ; William C'. Proston, from this port, went ; ashore at Point Isabel; the steamer Colo- i nel Hunt j artod both cables, but succeeded in getting up steam, and thereby was enabled to got alongside of the wharf-boat; the schooners Ocean Wave and Gratitude also from this port went j ashore and are a total loss. The cargo of j tire Gratitude, all damaged, was Uj be sold on 3/bnday last, 25th inst. It is doubtful about the William C. Preston being got off. Mr. Saligson, who anived at Brasos on tlie 20th inst., from Ikima, reported that a body of Indian.*, to the number of about five hundred, of different tribes, ! to Roma, and appeared to be friendly disposed, but'great fears were entertained ! by the inhabitants. In the vicinity of L.areuo, tnc Indians were quue hostile, and between Laredo nnd Roma they liiid murdered a number of white persons and destroyed considerable property, stealing all the horses and mules tl.oy could find. The foundation of a Protestant church was laid at Brownsville on the 21st inst. | 7'lie church is to bo under the control of the M. E. church South.?Delta. The New York Express of Friday afternoon lias the following telegraphic despatch, dated Hrashington, J)/arch 29: Ilicm.y imi'ontant--Invasion of Ci*na.?In ndditionto the facts I telegraph ' ed to (lie hxpress yesterday, I now learn i authentically: 1st. Jliat the Expedition will set out, no matter what may be the prospects of i a defeat. 2nd. 7*liat the command has been tendered to several influential men both North and South, but none have as yet accepted. 3o. Ti at Commodore Parker will not exert himself as vigorously as he might to check to the invasion. 4th. 7'hat there is more known about this enterprise, here in Washington, than sou at the North have a suspicion of. I have to day heard other well authen ronnrfc nf nllmr fnronc Innvinrr tine WW. WW.*.. .V-.. ....e V....1 country for the general rendezvous at Chagres. There can be no doubt that ihe demonstration will be more formidable than has been anticipated I shall telegraph you again when the 'leaking*' out justify. Enlarging thr Capitol.?the Commit. tec on Public Buildings, in the United Suites Senate, have agreed to recommend that the capitol at Washington be enlarged by an addition of 150 feet on each end for new Senate and Rcnresen A tativo Chambers. The citizens of Charleston ate about erecting a monument to the memory of Mr. Calhoun. ' A Pczzle.?We find the following in an exchange paper, with a request to know what the deuce it means: A lady asked a gentleman for his cypher, and ho sent her the following reply.* You 0 a 0 but I 0 thee? O 0 no 0 but O 0 me? Then let my 0 thy 0 be, And tnve 0 0 I 0 thee. We think we can translate the stanza. Par example: You sigh for a cypher, but I siyh for thcc; O! sigh for no cypher, but O! sigh for me. Then let my cypher thy cypher be, And give siyh for siyh,for I sigh for thee. "Arc you not alarmed at the approach of the king of terrors?" said a clergyman to an invalid. "Oh, no!" was the reply, "I have been living six-and-thirty years with the queen of terrors?the king cannot be much worse." HEAD (ITJARTERS. UHAIU.E8TON, 1VEB. VJ7, 1850 [GENERAL ORDERS NO.? ] CIRCUMSTANCED dcmnnding tlmt the Governor should he officially acquainted with the cfTeclivc force of the &Ute, nnd the number of alarm men?the Brigadier Generals arc hereby directed forthwith to make returns of their commands, to the Adjutant nnd Inspector General at Camden. A failure in responding promptly to thin order, will not bo overlooked, and the newspaper publications will be regarded as sufficient notice. By order of the Commander in Chief. J. W. CANTEY, Adjutant and In i. - n ??? o]n;iiiui VICI1UMII. A/arch 9, 42 lm. LOOK OUT. Tliosc indebted to the suhseriber enn save cost by calling and settling their notes nnd accounts as longer indulgenco cannot be given. JAMES GEORGE. Jan. Of uO tf CITATION. Henry Hester bating npplic-d tome to grant him letters of Administration on the Estate of Jcptha Hester, late of Pickens District decease*]. Hie Kin J red nnd Creditors arc cited to appear before me on the ICth inst. to show cause if nnr mey can wny jeuers 01 iva ministration II should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal 2n<l day of April 1850. William 1). Steele, oro. 40 * *u ? ? JAMES V. TRIMMIER, ATTORNEY AT LAU, SPAItTAXBUKQ, C. II , S. C. Will practice in *lie Court? of Union, Spartanburg an<l Greenville. All business committed to his care will rcceivo prompt and faithful attention. ntPEHixcr.s: TIox. D. W a t.i.am, Union. S. C. i. (). P. VnsNox, c. r_ s. d, 8[<\rtanl)nrjr, S. 0 \f_.. i o i o in i .f 1 Of 1019 A-M Dr. J. Lavrcncc. WiLi.attend punctually to all calls in the line of his profession. Unless absent on professional business, he may be found at his Office, or his private residence in the Village. lie also, has on hand .* general assortment of modicincs which he will furnish to customers at reduced prices. Pickens C. H., S. C. { May 18,1849. J 1 If . 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